Onstage, Witches & Cossacks Strike a Chord With Ukrainians A play based on a 19th-century literary classic is a smash hit among Ukrainians who see in the story cultural and historical echoes of what they face after two years of war. By Maria Varenikova - Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine May 28, 2024 - The lines for the show snake down the . Learn More
Women Impacted by Climate Change Deserves Justice
Women Affected by ‘Gender-Biased’ Climate Change Deserve Justice By Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Apr 11 2024 (IPS) - While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Researchers argue that women and girls have unequal access to food, water, . Learn More
Japan – Women Challenged to Combine Work & Home
It Took Decades, but Japan’s Working Women Are Making Progress! Employers have taken steps to change a male-dominated workplace culture. But women still struggle to balance their careers with domestic obligations. By Motoko Rich, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya May 7, 2024 - When the future empress of Japan entered the country’s elite . Learn More
Srebrenica – UN Resolution on Srebrenica Genocide
SREBRENICA–BOSNIA – UN PASSES RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE 1995 SREBRENICA GENOCIDE The United Nations approved a resolution Thursday establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. BY EDITH M. LEDERER May 24, 2024 - UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations approved a . Learn More
Mexico City – Water Crisis Worsening
Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening. A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world’s largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate. By James Wagner, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Somini Sengupta - Leer en español Photographs . Learn More
A Woman’s Place – Song & Video
A WOMAN’S PLACE – SONG & VIDEO BY SARA THOMSEN Video & Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVMwPuehoI&feature=youtu.be WUNRN http://www.sarathomsen.com/ . Learn More
Pakistan – Tribal Girls’ Schools Influenced by Taliban Extremism
Pakistan - Tribal Area Girls' Schools Influenced by Taliban Extremism Schools are the best weapon against extremism: That’s why the militants fear them. May 14, 2024 - The long, rugged border running along Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas that separates Afghanistan provides no barrier to the influence of the Taliban and its radical . Learn More
Afghanistan – Girl Students & Teachers Poisoned in School
Afghanistan - Girl Students & Teachers Poisoned in School Kabul, May 17, 2024 (EFE).— Nearly 80 students and teachers fell ill after consuming an unknown poisonous substance at a school in Afghanistan, authorities said on Friday. The sick included 64 female students and 15 teachers from a school in the Kiti district of Daikondi province, . Learn More
Afghanistan-Taliban Mistreatment & Control of Women
AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN MISTREATMEMT OF WOMEN HAS GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS The Taliban’s well-documented oppression is more than just a problem for the women and girls of Afghanistan. The country’s misrule is a signal to the world that gender-based discrimination can be ignored—even condoned. This perpetuates impunity and poses a grave risk of . Learn More
FIVE GENERATIONS OF HANDS-FEMALE FAMILY ARCHIVE PHOTO
The anonymous woman photographer shared this picture in the spirit that others may wish to make a photo in their family, of the hands of generations of women. Her 92-year old grandmother passed away shortly after this photo was taken. WUNRN . Learn More
Russia – Challenges for Women’s Wartime Role
Russia Grapples With Women’s Wartime Role. Family Values or Fighting Valor? Russian military efforts to recruit women from prisons and civilian life have clashed with President Vladimir V. Putin’s conservative agenda. By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ekaterina Bodyagina May 4, 2024 - The Russian Army is gradually expanding the . Learn More
China – Ruled by Men, But Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice
China, Ruled by Men, But Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country’s leader calls for China to adopt a “childbearing culture.” By Alexandra Stevenson - Reporting from Shanghai May 6, 2024 - 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 In bars tucked away in alleys and at . Learn More
Afghanistan – Disabled Women’s Disproportionate Challenges
AFGHANISTAN – DISABLED WOMEN HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE CHALLENGES Disabled Afghans — particularly women — have been among the hardest hit by the Taliban’s rollback of human rights. BY: Belquis Ahmadi February 29 2024 - In Afghanistan, obtaining accurate data on the number of persons with disabilities — including gender-disaggregated . Learn More
UN Declares 2026 International Year of Women Farmers
UN Declares 2026 'International Year of Women Farmers' By Nazrin Abdul, AZERNEWS 3 May 2024 - The UN General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution designating 2026 as the "International Year of Women Farmers," highlighting the challenges encountered by women in agricultural systems worldwide, Azernews reports. The resolution underscores . Learn More
International Day of Midwives – May 5, 2024
More than 24 million women will give birth without medical assistance this year: research Conflict, climate disasters, and regressive reproductive rights deny pregnant women access to a doctor or midwife, Save the Children reports. Verity Bowman1 - May 5, 2024 More than 24 million women will give birth without medical assistance in 2024, . Learn More
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